10,000 Birds
APRIL 23, 2014
As has often been said in these quarters, in general us bird bloggers don’t have many quarrels with hunters. Such is the case of the Saudi Arabian prince who, a few months back, took a hunting junket to Pakistan. News bustard Houbara Bustard hunters hunting Pakistan' Note, I said responsible hunting practices.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2019
India and Pakistan are mostly left to get on with their conflict with little intervention from the outside world. This week however, it appeared that the conflict may escalate after India targeted terrorist activity within Pakistan and had one of their aircraft shot down in the process. White-breasted Kingfisher.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2022
sq mi), which contradict the conservation significance of the bird it was founded for, some three decades ago – the Critically Endangered Great Indian Bustard. My guide, Chirag Solanki, told me he had once been searching here for five days, before he managed to locate the birds. Indeed, I say. And why are they parked?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2016
This year’s awards will be handed out on April 27th, and one of the finalists has devoted himself to saving migrating birds of pray from illegal hunting. Alexander Rukhaia focuses his efforts on the “ Batumi Bottleneck ,” an Important Bird Area along the coast of the Black Sea in the Ajara region of Georgia.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
On the first full day we had in Kutch, the largest and northernmost district of the state of Gujarat and where this year’s Global Bird Watching Conference was being held, the plan was to load the entire 300 person strong conference into 8 buses and travel over the desert on questionable roads to Chhari Lake. 300 people got off the bus.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
Grey Hypocolius is a Holy Grail of Middle Eastern birding. Part of its attraction lies in it being a monotypic bird in the family Hypocoliidae – there are no other bird species in its genus and family. No, birds are way too smart for that stupid trick. But I have never seen any bird with anything like it!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2012
On the most popular tourist island of Sal, I was lucky to encounter the Hoopoe Lark , a bird of desert and dune. It has been likened to other birds such as roadrunner and mockingbird. It has been likened to other birds such as roadrunner and mockingbird.
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